Booth, George G. (George Gough), 1864-1949 (original) (raw)

Publisher of the Detroit News.

From the description of George Gough Booth papers, 1905-1935 (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 658824581

Founder of Booth Newspapers, Michigan newspaper chain.

From the description of George G. Booth papers, 1892-1894, 1897-1918 and 1924-1926. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418388

Publisher, art administrator, art patron, founder of Cranbrook Academy, 1932; Detroit, Mich. Died 1949.

Booth was president of the Detroit School of Design which was absorbed by the Detroit Museum of Art. The Detroit Museum of Art subsequently became the Detroit Institute of Art. Booth bought his estate in 1904 calling it Cranbrook, a family name. In 1932 he established it as the Cranbrook Academy and named Finnish-born architect, Eliel Saarinen, president.

From the description of George G. Booth papers, 1900-1955. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122454129

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